Judges 9:21
And when he had said thus he fled, and went into Bera: and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
In Context
22So Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years.
Cross References
Numbers 21:16When they went from that place, the well appeared whereof the Lord said to Moses: Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
2 Samuel 20:14Now he had passed through all the tribes of Israel unto Abela and Bethmaacha: and all the chosen men were gathered together unto him.
Matthew Henry on Judges 9:8-22
Jotham's Parable. ( b. c. 1209.) 7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 10 And the trees said… Read the whole commentary →